1. Seed research technicianEmployer: WeyerhaeuserWages/salary: Not listedDetails: Work with a team to improve design of manufactured seeds used to better sustain yields of commercial forest lands. Job involves work in nurseries and sterile environments. (For more information click here.)Location: Bellevue, Wash. (pop. 117,521; median family income $92,272) considers itself a “city in a park,” because its gleaming downtown high-rises are surrounded by woodsy neighborhoods and extensive green spaces just east of Seattle, between Lakes Washington and Sammamish.

2. Ballpark photographerEmployer: FanFotoWages/salary: Not listed (hourly plus commissions)Details: Take photos of fans at Washington Nationals baseball games. (For more information click here.)Location: Washington, D.C. (pop. 585,267; median family income $60,970) is famous for its many walk-up attractions, but people also flock to its three most popular ticketed attractions: the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Washington Monument, and the International Spy Museum.

3. Interactive creative director/marketingEmployer: Hallmark CardsWages/salary: Not listedDetails: Lead a team of interactive art directors and designers in providing creative and strategic development for all Hallmark digital initiatives, including Hallmark.com. (For more information click here.)Location: Kansas City, Mo. (pop. 436,562; median family income $52,726) has more barbecue restaurants per capita than any other US city.

4. Nanofabrication facility directorEmployer: Binghamton UniversityWages/salary: Not listedDetails: Administer the daily operations of a newly constructed $2 million “clean room,” used in nanofabrication, which entails the design and manufacture of devices with dimensions measured in the millionths of a millimeter. (For more information click here.)Location: Binghamton, N.Y. (pop. 43,059; median family income $35,446) calls itself the “Carousel Capital of the World,” a reputation established by a local shoe tycoon who donated six carousels to area parks. Children ride them from Memorial Day to Labor Day at no charge.

5. Arch expertEmployer: ULTAWages/salary: Not listedDetails: Demonstrate and sell products by performing brow and facial waxing services. (For more information click here.)Location: Lexington, Ky. (pop. 275,726, including Fayette; median family income $64,341) is not only the home of the University of Kentucky, but its population ranks 10th among the most college-educated in the country, with nearly 40 percent of residents having at least a bachelor’s degree.

6. Underground utility locaterEmployer: ELMWages/salary: $12 to $18 an hourDetails: Use maps to locate underground utilities and work with utility mangers, crews, homeowners, and contractors in discussing utility location issues. Must walk up to five miles a day at least twice a week. (For more information click here.)Location: Sioux City, Iowa (pop. 82,385; median family income $52,391) is the business hub of a tri-state area where Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota meet.

7. Pet stylistEmployer: PetcoWages/salary: Not listedDetails: Perform basic grooming services, including brushing, bathing, and conditioning of animals. Follow owner’s instructions on breed standards when clipping, stripping, or trimming an animal’s coat. (For more information click here.)Location: Park City, Utah (pop. 7,371; median family income $77,137) has gone from being a silver mining capital in the 1800s to a popular skiing destination that claims it has the “greatest snow on earth.” It was the site of Alpine skiing events during the 2002 Winter Olympics.

8. DrillerEmployer: General BS Quarries, Inc.Wages/salary: Not listedDetails: Drive truck-mounted drilling machines to bore large blast-holes to specified depths in open-pit quarry. (For more information click here.)Location: Montrose, Pa. (pop. 1,547; median family income $46,607) is in Susquehanna county, where Joseph Smith, founder on the Church of Latter-Day Saints translated the Book of Mormon from a homestead.

9. Flavor/fragrance production assistantEmployer: Elite Personnel, Inc.Wages/salary: $16 to $18 and hourDetails: Assist in the large-scale formulation of some of the world’s leading fragrances. (For more information click here.)Location: Somerville, N.J. (pop. 12,682; median family income $60,422) is a center for medical, government, and business facilities in its area, which means its population nearly doubles during the day.

10. Salvage coordinatorEmployer: Adams & Garth StaffingWages/salary: $9 per hourDetails: Supervise the day-to-day operations of the Salvage department for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank network; assist in disposal of product not fit to be salvaged. (For more information click here.)Location: Verona, Va. (pop. 3,638; median family income $36,263) is in the Shenandoah Valley, where Cyrus McCormick in 1831 invented the first reaper.